Description

Used to show a list of Archived Articles. The Archived Article list can be displayed by date, filtered, and intro text added as shown below.

Screenshot

Archived articles are no longer published but are still stored on the site. Articles are Archived using the Article Manager screen. Note that Articles assigned to the "Uncategorized" Section will not show on the Archived Article List layout.

Details

Details Tab

Required Settings

The Archived Articles menu item has the following required settings:

Menu Title. The title that will display for this menu item.

Menu Location. The menu that this menu item (choice) will be part of. The menus defined for the site will show in the list box.

Advanced Details Tab

Archive Options

The Archived Articles Layout has the following Archive Options, as shown below.

Article Order. Order of articles in this Layout. The following options are available.

Oldest first: Articles are displayed starting with the oldest and ending with the most recent.

Most recent first: Articles are displayed starting with the most recent and ending with the oldest

Title Alphabetical: Articles are displayed by Title in alphabetical order (A to Z)

Title Reverse Alphabetical: Articles are displayed by Title in reverse alphabetical order (Z to A)

Most Hits: Articles are displayed by the number of hits, starting with the one with the most hits and ending with the one with the least hits

Least Hits: Articles are displayed by the number of hits, starting with the one with the least hits and ending with the one with the most hits

Ordering: Articles are ordered according to the Order column entered in the Article Manager.

Date for Ordering. The date used when articles are sorted by date. The following options are available.

Use Global: Use the default value from the component options screen.

Created: Use the article created date.

Modified: Use the article modified date.

Published: Use the article start publishing date.

# Articles to List. The number of articles to include in the list. Select the desired number from the list box.

Filter Field. (Hide/Title/Author/Hits) Whether to show a Filter Field for the list of articles. If Hide, no Filter Field is shown. Otherwise, the Filter Field is shown using the selected field (Title, Author, or Hits).

Intro Text Limit. The maximum number of characters of the Intro Text to show. If the Intro Text is longer than this value, it will be truncated to this length.

Article Options

The Archive Article Options has the following options, as shown below. These options determine how the article will show on the Front End Site layout.

Note that these options include "Use Global". If this is selected, the setting from the Article Manager Options will be used.

Show Intro Text. (Use Global/Hide/Show). If set to Show, the Intro Text of the article will show when you drill down to the article. If set to Hide, only the part of the article after the "Read More" break will show.

Position of Article Info. (Use Global/Use Article Settings/Above/Below/Split). Postion of Article Info. Puts the article information block above or below the text or splits it into two separate blocks. One block is above and the other is below.

Show Category. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Whether or not to show the Article's Category.

Link Category. (Use Global/No/Yes). If the Article's Category is shown, whether to show it as a link to a Category layout (list or blog) for that Category.

Show Parent. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Whether or not to show the Article's Parent Category.

Link Parent. (Use Global/No/Yes). If the Article's Parent Category is shown, whether to show it as a link to a Category layout (list or blog) for that Category.

Linked Titles. (Use Global/No/Yes). If the Article's Title is shown, whether to show it as a link to the article.

Show Author. (Use Global/Hide/Show) Whether to show the author of the Article.

Link Author. (Use Global/No/Yes). If the Article's author is shown, whether to show it as a link to a Contact layout for that author. Note that the author must be set up as a Contact in Contact Manager: Edit.

Show Create Date. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Whether or not to show the Article's create date.

Show Modify Date. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Whether or not to show the Article's modify date.

Show Publish Date. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Whether or not to show the Article's start publishing date.

Show Navigation. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Whether or not to show a navigation link (for example, Next or Previous article) when you drill down to the article.

Show Hits. (Use Global/Hide/Show). Show or Hide the number of times the article has been hit (displayed by a user).

Related Information

Used to set global defaults for menu items that display articles. These default values will be used when "Use Global" is selected for an option in an Articles menu item. For example, to show the 'Create Date' for an article in your Articles menu items, then set that option to "Show" here and it will be the default value. You do not need to set any of these options. Your Joomla site will work with the default settings.

This is the back-end screen where you can add and edit Articles. The same screen is used for adding a new Article and editing an existing Article. You can also select the Section and Category for an Article and indicate whether or not it is Published and if it is selected to appear on the Front Page.

The Article's content is edited using the default editor selected in the User Manager - New/Edit. The Joomla! default editor is called TinyMCE.

A number of Parameters can be set for the Article. Metadata can also be entered.

Used to control which 'Featured Articles are displayed on the Front Page and in what order they are displayed. The Front Page is often the Home page of a web site, but it can be any page in the site. The Front Page is created using a Menu Item with the Front Page layout.

This Module shows a list of Articles that are related to the current Article being viewed by the user (for example, a Article Layout or a Blog or List layout where the user has clicked on an Article link). Articles are considered to be related to each other if they share at least one Keyword in the Article's Metadata Information. Article Keywords are entered in the Metadata Information section of the Article Manager - New/Edit screen.

Used to show a list of Categories. Categories are shown in a hierarchical list, as shown below. Depending on the selected options for this layout, you can click on a category Title to show the articles in that category.

Used to show articles belonging to a specific Category in a blog layout. Controls the Introduction or Leading Article, additional Articles with intro text, and additional links to more Articles in the same category. Some examples of settings for the Blog Layout format include: number of articles, article columns, across or down layouts, and number of additional links. See the Advanced Details Tab for all this menu item.

Allows users to submit an article. Normally this is available only to users who have logged in to the front end of the site. Users must have permission to create articles. When the Create Article page is shown in the front end, the screen shows as examples in the following Front End Screenshots section.